The Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to take on MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday night at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Looking at both sides, the Dinesh Karthik led Kolkata Knight Riders hasn’t been playing at par with the quality of the players the team holds. Chennai Super Kings on the other side are high on confidence thanks to the 10-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab.
While Kolkata Knight Riders are facing a lot of criticism for below-par shows despite having a star-studded team with the likes of huge Caribbean hitters like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, the young Shubman Gill and the World-Cup winning Captain Eoin Morgan, best to believe the party is yet to begin.
Chennai Super Kings, currently placed sixth on the points table looks like it has found its mojo back in all departments, including the batting which earlier seemed to be not-the-CSK-types.
As this season hasn’t been the best starts for Chennai Super Kings in this Dream11 IPL, let’s see what they bring to table against the two-time champions, KKR. Expect this match to be an exciting and highly intense clash between both the Indian wicket-keeper lead sides, here’s a list of the top 5 players to watch out for.
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Let’s take a look at the top 5 key players we should watch out for when Kolkata Knight Riders lock horns with Chennai Super Kings:
1. Sunil Narine
The Caribbean all-rounder hasn’t been in fine touch ever since the conclusion CPL. Everyone knows the inevitable destruction he causes once on the roll while opening up for his team.
But so far, he has only scored 27 runs in 4 innings, which has put the captain in dilemma regarding his spot in the team. He is expected to make a strong comeback to make-up for his spot in the team and that puts him one of the main contenders for this list.
2. Faf Du Plessis
The former Proteas skipper has been in tremendous form ever since the start of this edition of IPL. Averaging 94.00 in the 5 matches he played, right up on the second spot scoring 282 runs.
The KKR Bowlers upfront should be ready with their spells because the form Faf is in while opening for the team, it won’t take him time to snatch away the game single-handedly from the Knights.
3. Shubman Gill
Ever since the dusk of the under-19 world cup 2018, the whole world is in fond of this 21-year-old Batsman. Reliable and consistent are the words which people use to describe him and, in this edition, he is exactly helping in verifying those tags.
The leading run-scorer so far for his team, with 152 runs, he looks in solid form and is right about to score some substantial runs soon against the opposition.
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4. Eoin Morgan
The England World-Cup winning Captain, fresh addition to the KKR squad brings an immense amount of experience to the team, apart from the classy batsman he is. Definitely a help for the captain Dinesh Karthik, and for the young blokes in the team, he is also in good touch and is scoring some valuable runs for his team.
The last match he played, it seemed like he was right about to take the game away from the Delhi Capitals while chasing a mammoth of 229 runs.
5. Piyush Chawla
Piyush Chawla in the auction seemed an interesting pick for the already so-called elderly aged Chennai Super Kings. Later, the team selectors in a press conference said that the captain MS Dhoni was behind this, calling it as he knew how to use this veteran spinner, and he sure was right.
The leg spinner has been bowling break-through overs for the team whenever the ball is handed to him. The first ball he bowled in the last match against KXIP, he took the wicket of in-form batsman Mayank Agarwal, providing the team with a crucial wicket by breaking the opening partnership.